Disco Elysium screenwriter nearly faced bankruptcy, but was saved by help from fans
Argo Tuulik managed to raise L100,000 to „get through the winter” - and a court battle with his former employer.
video games
February 5, 2025
How much money did Star Citizen get in 2024? There's little drop, but amount remains huge
Fans remain eager to Star Citizen, resulting in a near-record 2024, with more than $116 million contributed to the game over the past 12 months.
video games
January 2, 2025
Team Behind Biggest Scam of Recent Years Is Back. The Day Before Devs Argue That „Everyone Deserves a Second Chance”
Studio Fntastic is back in a new, professional, and honest version 2.0 after the „fame” brought to it by the release of The Day Before almost a year ago.
video games
September 27, 2024
First Success of New Game From StarCraft 2 Devs; Stormgate Raises Millions
It looks like the developers from Frost Giant Studios don't need to fear for the popularity of their game. After all, it only took 15 minutes for Stormgate to reach its goal on Kickstarter.
video games
December 7, 2023
Star Citizen Received $650M From Players; $28M in November Alone
Fundraising for Star Citizen has already sured $650 million. However, the end of work is still nowhere in sight.
video games
December 4, 2023
Star Citizen Reaches Another Milestone; Over $600 Million Raised
The controversial Star Citizen project has reached another astounding milestone. The total amount of money raised for the development of the space simulator has already exceeded $600 million.
video games
August 29, 2023
Hardcore Tactical FPS Underdog Throws Down the Gauntlet to Escape From Tarkov
We The People has not raised the designated amount during its crowdfunding campaign. However, the devs are not giving up on developing their independent project.
video games
July 6, 2023
End of the Platform That Gave us Pillars of Eternity 2 and Homeworld 3
It looks like the crowdfunding website Fig.co is shutting down without much success after being acquired by Republic.
video games
May 30, 2023
Only This Charming Game Got More Than $1 Million in Pledges in 2023
A small game about the adventures of a witch's apprentice has become a major crowdfunding success. At the same time, it shows a certain broader trend related to community fundraising.
video games
May 9, 2023
Dark and Darker Creators Send Refunds, Fans Refuse to Accept
The developers of Dark and Darker have decided to return the money given in the form of voluntary donations by fans. However, players have shown unexpected to the studio.
video games
April 26, 2023
Nexon Wants to 'Bleed Out' Dark and Darker Devs in Court; Fans Show Generous
Fans of Dark and Darker have shown that they are ready to give substantial financial to the game's developers in their legal battle with Nexon.
video games
April 2, 2023
Star Citizen Raised Half a Billion Dollars
Fundraising for Star Citizen is not slowing down. Despite countless memes and derision, gamers are not stopping investing in the nearly 10-year-old project.
video games
September 21, 2022
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened With Unusual Competition; Players Dividied
Ukrainian studio Frogwares conducted a controversial promotional campaign on Kickstarter. Heavy artillery went into action, aimed at Russia.
video games
September 2, 2022
Company of Heroes Board Game Raises Hundreds of Thousand
The second edition of the Company of Heroes: Board Game was quite a success on Kickstarter.
video games
July 1, 2022
$144 Million for Ukraine Collected Through In-game Fundraising
Epic Games has donated Fortnite proceeds from the past two weeks to Ukraine. A total of $144 million was raised.
video games
April 5, 2022
Fortnite Community Raised $70 Million for Ukraine
The Fortnite fundraiser for the war in Ukraine is a big success. $70 million has already been donated, and the campaign is still ongoing.
video games
March 28, 2022
Star Citizen Sets New Financial Record in 2021
2021 turned out to be another record-breaking period in the history of Star Citizen. During this time, the developers raised more than $86 million.
video games
January 4, 2022
2021 Brought Record Pledges for Star Citizen
The year 2021 turned out to be a record year for Star Citizen. The game, developed by Cloud Imperium Games for many years, has collected the most money from players in its entire history, and we still have almost the whole December to go. Yesterday, the developers updated the game's roap.
video games
December 2, 2021
Star Citizen Fundraiser Campaign Exceeds $400 Million
More than 3 million players have already ed the development of Star Citizen, which translates into an incredible amount of several hundred million dollars pledged to the ongoing development of this space sim.
video games
November 21, 2021
S: Pandemic is a New SWAT 4-style Paranormal Shooter
A game from the S Foundation universe is being developed as an ambitious project on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.com. S: Pandemic will be a co-op horror SWAT 4-like tactical shooter.
video games
August 12, 2021